Category Archives: Armentières to La Gorgue

French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Six – Sailly-sur-la-Lys Churchyard & War Memorial

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Magicfingers

The entrance to Sailly-sur-la-Lys churchyard.

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French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Five – Sailly-sur-la-Lys German Military Cemetery

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Magicfingers

As we follow the course of the River Lys west we enter the town of Sailly-sur-la-Lys, which straggles its way for some distance along the river’s southern bank. 

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French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Four – Croix-du-Bac British Cemetery

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Magicfingers

Two and half miles due west of Suffolk Cemetery (La Rolanderie Farm), but now about 400 yards north of the river on the inside of a huge meander, this is Croix-du-Bac British Cemetery, the first cemetery on our tour that … Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Three – A Return to Suffolk Cemetery (La Rolanderie Farm)

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Magicfingers

It’s only a little place, Suffolk Cemetery (La Rolanderie Farm), but it will forever be dear to my heart.  And I suppose, for personal reasons, this is up there with the most important of the close-on nine hundred posts that … Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part One: Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Magicfingers

Okay, I’ve been intimating for some time now that we will be off on a new tour soon, so let’s bite the bullet and get started.  We begin with another visit – our third – to the cemetery at Erquinghem-Lys, … Continue reading →

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French Flanders: A Return to Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Magicfingers

The last time we visited Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension it was a grey, overcast summer’s day.

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French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Two – Suffolk Cemetery, La Rolanderie Farm

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Magicfingers

Suffolk Cemetery, La Rolanderie Farm, can be found in the middle of the fields a few hundred yards south of the town of Erquinghem-Lys.

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